The suspect was identified later as 25-year-old Ubaldo Gutierrez of Tustin, said Lt. Ben Stauffer.

“When officers arrived at the single family dwelling, they located the victim, who had been stabbed once in the abdomen,” Martin said. “He was treated at the scene and transported to UCI where he underwent surgery and is in stable condition.”

However, the victim, who remains unidentified, succumbed to his injuries at 4:54 a.m. today, police said.

“Gutierrez was located at a home in Santa Ana and detained by Santa Ana police officers until Garden Grove officers and detectives arrived,” Martin said.

Gutierrez was booked on an attempted murder charge, but that was later upgraded to a murder charge, Stauffer said.

A neighbor who gave his name as Mark T. said the victim, a 25-year-old man, moved to the house on the quiet street a few months ago. “They are a nice family, nothing out of the ordinary,” he said. “You don’t see this kind of thing here.”

A news videographer said the Orange County sheriff’s crime lab remained on the scene past 3 a.m. collecting evidence.